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Teaching Screwtape for a New Generation: My Conference Talk
Anyone who follows A Pilgrim in Narnia knows of my interest in The Screwtape Letters. I have written reviews, asked questions about influences, looked at Screwtape copycats–including the first by mystery writer, Dorothy Sayers–thought about Screwtape`s anti-spirituality in popular culture, … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, dorothy sayers, literature, Pedagogy, Screwtape, Teaching, The Screwtape Letters, writing
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Wormwood Reborn? A Screwtapian Look at The Gates by John Connolly (Hell Series Part 1)
One of the great perks as a university teacher is that I am constantly in conversation with students about good books. While this occasionally gets me into conversations about Twilight (which I read with great effort) and Hunger Games (which … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Reviews
Tagged Angel & Demons, books, British, British Literature, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, Dante, demons, Douglas Adams, End of the World, fantasy, hell, John Connolly, kurt vonnegut jr, Lemony Snicket, literature, Milton, Philip Pullman, Screwtape, Terry Pratchett, The Gates, The Gates of Hell, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, Twilight
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Hitlerian Haunting in Screwtapian Logic
One of the fun things about working in The Screwtape Letters manuscript history–as I have been doing for the last few months–is that the story of Screwtape has so many interesting twists and turns. The Screwtape Letters was the book … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis Biography, News & Links, Thoughtful Essays
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Germany, Hitler, manuscript history, Screwtape, The Screwtape Letters, Third Reich, war, WWII
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A Prophecy After it Happened; Or, How Children Shape the Future
While reading The Magician’s Nephew to my son, I blogged a couple of weeks ago about how “What We Believe is What We Become.” I don’t believe it is an absolute rule of human life–all of us change paths from … Continue reading
The Screwtape Letters Special Illustrated Edition by Artist Wayland Moore: A Bookstore Find Review
Some of my favourite books are found at out-of-the-way second hand bookstores—a dying breed, I’m afraid. During a rainy drive through New Brunswick in June my wife and I stopped at Rags of Time bookstore, a tight, well-organized and overstocked … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, literature, religion, Screwtape, The Screwtape Letters, Used Bookstores, Walter Hooper, Wayland Moore
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Teaching Screwtape for a New Generation at CSLIS Colloquium
I am fully enjoying my weekend at the C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Colloquium at Taylor University in Indiana. My brain is full with idea from the dozens of workshops, but what is really thrilling is the setting for conversation. … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged Alan Jacobs, C.S. Lewis, literature, religion, Screwtape, Teaching, The Screwtape Letters, Will Vaus
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Dorothy Sayers’ Sluckdrib Letter: The First Screwtape Copycat
In preparing for a paper on teaching The Screwtape Letters for the C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Colloquium at Taylor University this Spring, I thought I had discovered the first Screwtapian letter written by someone other than C.S. Lewis. A … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Memorable Quotes
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, literature, lord whimsey, Screwtape, Sluckdrib Letter, The Screwtape Letters
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Guest Blog by Ella Ramsay: Does Screwtape Tell the Truth about Wormwood? An Analysis of Lewis’ Epistolary Style
Ella Ramsay is a student at Colonel Gray High School and wrote this literary critique of The Screwtape Letters as part of her extended essay requirements for the International Baccalaureate program. Abstract The essay will analyze how accurately Wormwood is described … Continue reading
70th Anniversary of the Screwtape Letters: A Nefarious Nod to our Favourite Degenerate Demon
I am never great at remembering birthdays (my mother-in-law’s b’day is tomorrow) or Valentine’s Day (as I wrote about here, pp. ), but I remembered that obscure anniversary that is the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Screwtape Letters … Continue reading
Screwtape Writes Again: A Note on Contemporary Screwtape Letters
I have the opportunity to use C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters in an undergraduate class. One of the assignments that I give them is to create a “Screwtape Letter for a New Generation”—their own, unique, contemporary spiritual formation advice or … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links, Reflections
Tagged C.S. Lewis, demons, epistolary fiction, Screwtape, temptation, The Screwtape Letters
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